Late-Medieval Aristocratic Landownership in Shetland and the "The lords of Norroway"

[Johnny Selkie]

Here is a very interesting page for those with a special interest in the historical connections between Norway and Shetland in the auld times.

http://arkeologi.blogspot.no/2007/03...d-estates.html

Though its a blogspot it contains a lot of interesting and detailed info on both Shetland and the powerful families of Western Norway that ruled the islands.

[Thomas H]

Thank you for the Info , My Family is from Norway

[Johnny Selkie]

You're welcome Thomas, the most amazing thing is that this isn't just made up, its real history.

[tulloch]

Very interesting. Thanks for the link.

[Johnny Selkie]

You're welcome Tulloch, "Tollak" used to be a very common name along the most southwestern coast of Norway up until about 100 years ago. Maybe its a variation of Tulloch?

[guardsman]

lot of the Clans on west coast are from Scandanavian descent (MacDonalds,MacLeods,Camerons etc)